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Had some onboarding-talks in the recent weeks and realized, that people dont't read about topics anymore.
They want to do stuff hands-on and wonder about "missing" guardrails.
So I wrote this "how to get into Mastodon if all you know is Facebook" blog-post in the shortest way I could.
(DE version pending...)

Mastodon-Onboarding-Cookbook
…yeah, I know: It’s “Fediverse”, not only “Mastodon”! And I hope we can sort this out quickly. 😉 Are you sick of platform enshittification? Remember the earlier …

The anonymous Zionist hasbara meme poster has created at least two new accounts on two servers (ban evasion) to continue their reply and block harassment.
⁃ @avidity@qlub.social
⁃ @hedgerows@101010.pl
Please report block. #fediblock
(No one is pro the Iranian regime here but neither are we pro-American/Israeli aggression. “Antizionism” is being anti settler colonialism…

If your kids (or you!) live in Ontario and are learning French, why not check out this book written for 9 to 13 year-olds? Le Kaiju de Mississauga tackles the 1979 Mississauga train derailment - an event that led to the largest peacetime evacuation in North America prior to Hurricane Katrina - through the eyes of a group of local kids who are obsessed with Japanese monster movies. Michèle Laframboise spins a fun yarn while weaving in some local color and history.

Okay I know everyone hates this article but there's a nugget of truth in it. One of the possible futures we can gun for is this.
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/
Make things. Make _personal scale_ things. The tools help bridge the truly high barriers we've managed to put in in the tech industry.
This will have a lot of problems! We don't have collective knowledge for this yet / again. The people with Sysadmin Mindset have been burned out or subsumed into the Cloud Computing machine.
But there's a chance here to take the web better places. We should take it.
(If you're worried about everything turning into paying to rent access to a digital landlord, I have bad news about where we've been since 2012.)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUNFbR2AbG9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

VT on Instagram: "In Japan, a new kind of bar is drawing attention for flipping workplace culture on its head. The bar is designed specifically for people who are considering leaving their jobs. Drinks are free, and the focus is not on alcohol sales but conversation. Patrons are invited to talk openly about burnout, frustration, and career doubts, while staff are trained to listen without judgement or pressure. The idea taps into a growing reckoning in Japan around long working hours, rigid hierarchies, and the mental health toll of intense job expectations. Conversations about quitting or dissatisfaction have traditionally been stigmatised, making this kind of space unusual. By removing the cost barrier and offering a supportive environment, the bar aims to normalise discussions about career dissatisfaction and help people reflect on what they actually want from work, even if that means starting over."
34K likes, 169 comments - vt on January 31, 2026: "In Japan, a new kind of bar is drawing attention for flipping workplace culture on its head. The bar is designed specifically for people who are considering leaving their jobs. Drinks are free, and the focus is not on alcohol sales but conversation. Patrons are invited to talk openly about burnout, frustration, and career doubts, while staff are trained to listen without judgement or pressure. The idea taps into a growing reckoning in Japan a…

I have a new primary care doc. He seems nice. Nowhere near burned out like some you hear about. I saw him 3 weeks ago to schedule a shot in my arthritic knee, and mentioned the wife & I had both come down with some viral crud going around. Saw him today for the shot & said we were better but not done with the crud yet. The wife got a 1-off scrip for a codeine cough suppressant from urgent care last week & I asked if he’d give us another one, & he did. Maybe next time I’ll ask…

Thinking about a potential performance improvement for overlapping compute and transfer operations in ngscopeclient.
Right now, if you use a ThunderScope (ignoring unified memory platforms where the issue is moot) when a new waveform shows up we write it into CPU side pinned memory.
Then we vkCopyBuffer it into local memory, barrier on that transfer, and run the ConvertNBitSamples shader to convert the raw adc codes to float32.
The problem is, this burns scratch buffer spac…

"With his return to Westminster seemingly blocked, on Monday Andy Burnham will get back to the two roles to which he has devoted his time in recent years: being mayor of Greater Manchester and annoying Keir Starmer."
".. he has carved out a distinct if occasionally woolly left-leaning ethos, certainly more distinctive than his philosophy as an MP,.. “ a growth-based vision".
Rebuffed Burnham can return to honing his stature and attack lines | Andy Burnham | The…

Digging Wells While Houses Burn: Academic Responsibility and the Study of Religion
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In a provocative article titled Digging Wells While Houses Burn (2006), David Gordon White argues…
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Digging Wells While Houses Burn: Academic Responsibility and the Study of Religion
In a provocative article titled Digging Wells While Houses Burn (2006), David Gordon White argues that certain studies of religion actively stoke supremacist ideologies and politics. The only way to avoid this unsavoury collaboration is to rethink the way we do our work — the stories we choose to tell, and the methods we use to tell them. According to White, academics of religion who fail to engage with this responsibility are “digging wells while houses burn”, ignoring devastating realit…

Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell tweeted: "Message to Keir: Do not underestimate the depth of anger people will feel about this disgusting decision. If you think it strengthens you I tell you it will simply hasten your demise. You could have shown magnanimous leadership but instead it’s cowardice."
By-election machinations weaken Keir Starmer and could ultimately push Andy Burnham closer to No 10 - Manchester Evening News

By-election machinations weaken Keir Starmer and could ultimately push Andy Burnham closer to No 10
Some backbenchers have reacted in fury after Labour blocked the mayor's bid to return to Parliament